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Combined sewer overflow (CSO) reported — CITY OF FALL RIVER, Mar 17, 2025

Ongoing (as reported) · CITY OF FALL RIVER (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: CITY OF FALL RIVER (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal, record 4746954a-d6a8-477a-8d3b-9fb59007636b, published Mar 17, 2025, 1:02 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: CITY OF FALL RIVER (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, MA0100382). Outlet: FAL010 “CITY PIER”. Location: 41.71189, -71.15899; location source: from the state's or EPA's outfall layer.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “TAUNTON RIVER”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Taunton River, MA. Match basis: the water named in the report.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

No downstream estimate is available for this report.

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When it happened and when it was reported

Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Started

Mar 17, 2025, 3:32 AM EDT

Ended

ongoing, as last reported

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Mar 17, 2025, 1:02 PM EDT

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-02 10:58 UTC

What and how much

Type

Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system.

Status in the record

Ongoing (as reported)

Material

“CSO – UnTreated”

Volume

volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

none

Advice from CITY OF FALL RIVER (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

“Avoid contact with these water bodies for 48 hours after the discharge or overflow ceases due to increased health risks from bacteria and other pollutants. See website for more information on whether specific resource areas, such as bathing beaches, are affected.”

Advice period

48 hours

Basis

314 CMR 16.04(10)(g)

Source and versions

Source

MassDEP CSO API behind the portal

Source record number

4746954a-d6a8-477a-8d3b-9fb59007636b

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

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  "incidentNumber": "25012451",
  "incidentDate": "2025-03-17T10:40:07",
  "incidentTime": "03:32",
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  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "CSO – UnTreated",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "CITY OF FALL RIVER",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100382",
  "outfallId": "FAL010",
  "municipality": "FALL RIVER",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ongoing",
  "location": "CITY PIER",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "TAUNTON RIVER",
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  "volumnOfEvent": "",
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  "hours": "",
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  "submittedDate": "2025-03-17T13:02:21.373",
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  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_coords": "MassDEP CSOs layer DEP_OUTFL_ FAL010 (locations are estimates)",
  "_water": {
    "via": "crosswalk on portal waterbody",
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    "confidence": "high"
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  "_advice_source": "required wording of 314 CMR 16.04(10)(g); the permittee's own advisory is only in an attachment the portal will not serve"
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